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. >> spain spends 42% of their total economy on government. we're now spending 42% of our economy on government. i don't want to go down the path to spain. i want to go down the path of growth that puts americans to work with more money coming in because they're working. >> all right. i don't want -- >> no, no. >> i can imagine it would seem offensive. here is the question had it comes to his words versus the president's words. the president, everyone hangs on every syllable or consonant. mitt romney, does he have more latitude or is he under the same microscope over seize? >> he is not under the same microscope. some of the things he's said in the past before that comment about spain, for instance, about the palestinians and how israelis are somehow implying culturally business minded where as the palestinians are not and some of the things he said regarding russia, for instance, that it is america's number one geopolitical foe, and those have been framed in the foreign press and other countries outside of the united states as gaffes by someo
. >> spain spends 42% of their total economy on government. we're now spending 42% of our economy on government. i don't want to go down the path to spain. i want to go down the path of growth that puts americans to work with more money coming in because they're working. >> all right. i don't want -- >> no, no. >> i can imagine it would seem offensive. here is the question had it comes to his words versus the president's words. the president, everyone hangs on every...
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not an al qaeda sponsored government that follows on. all this loose talk have my friend governor romney and the congressman about how we are going to do -- we could do so much more in there. what more would they do other than put american boots on the ground? the last thing america needs is to get in another ground war in the middle east requiring tens of thousands, if not well over 100,000 american forces. that -- they are the facts. they are the facts. now, every time the governor is asked about this, he doesn't say anything. he goes up with a whole lot of verbage, but when he gets pressed, he says, no, he would not do anything different than we are doing now. are they po proposing american troops on the ground, putting american aircraft in the airspace? is that what they're proposing? if they do, they should speak up and say so, but that's not what they're saying. we are doing it exactly like we need to do to identify those forces who, in fact, will provide for a stable government and not cause a regional sunni-shia war when bashir a
not an al qaeda sponsored government that follows on. all this loose talk have my friend governor romney and the congressman about how we are going to do -- we could do so much more in there. what more would they do other than put american boots on the ground? the last thing america needs is to get in another ground war in the middle east requiring tens of thousands, if not well over 100,000 american forces. that -- they are the facts. they are the facts. now, every time the governor is asked...
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you have efforts at governance. we still have a very robust american embassy, so they get a sense of what's going on inside the decision makers in iraq, and we also have a military presence in the form of a military assistance group, if you will, so that we can bolster that as necessary, but that now has reached the point where it must be a request from the government of iraq. we can influence the requests and the questions that they ask us, so we should be able to reinforce that relationship as necessary. >> is it realistic, because one of the only differences between these two is on the issue of syria and whether or not those rebels should be armed and providing arms. is that a way of actually ending this civil war, as romney suggests, as actually arming heavy arms to those rebel that is a lot of people don't even know who they are or whether or not they would get in the hands of terrorists? >> well, that's a single tact that can be taken. it by itself, you know, exclusive of other efforts that should be ongoing r
you have efforts at governance. we still have a very robust american embassy, so they get a sense of what's going on inside the decision makers in iraq, and we also have a military presence in the form of a military assistance group, if you will, so that we can bolster that as necessary, but that now has reached the point where it must be a request from the government of iraq. we can influence the requests and the questions that they ask us, so we should be able to reinforce that relationship...
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at least partly because the reagan and bush tax cuts reduced government revenues. you have a debt and deficit hawk. do you worry looking ahead about the debt under romney might explode again similarly? >> well, number one, the deficit is the symptom. spending is the disease. i me, since world war ii, revenues have averaged about 18.5% of the economy. spending is at 20%. now due to the president's policies we have revenue that's gone down due to less economic growth but it's spending that's skyrock skyrocketing. he has it up to almost 25% of the economy and on automatic pilot for 40%. that means middle income families will suffer. >> but why would -- >> it is a spin proven problem. the deficit is the symptom. spending is the disease. you have to take care of the spending side and once again, brooke, if you look at irs data, you will see that revenues actually increased when we brought down rates because we had more economic activity. >> but congressman, why would -- >> -- to your proposition. >> why would the trickle down theory work this time producing record debt
at least partly because the reagan and bush tax cuts reduced government revenues. you have a debt and deficit hawk. do you worry looking ahead about the debt under romney might explode again similarly? >> well, number one, the deficit is the symptom. spending is the disease. i me, since world war ii, revenues have averaged about 18.5% of the economy. spending is at 20%. now due to the president's policies we have revenue that's gone down due to less economic growth but it's spending...
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we don't want our government killing innocent people. and that we will go back home and pressure our government to stop this. >> well, the obama administration would say these drone strikes are necessary because they've taken out dangerous people who can harm the united states. >> what the people that we have met with from the region tell us, that this is a recruitment tool for al qaeda and the taliban. that as soon as there's a drone strike that kills somebody's child or kills their wife, in that culture, the culture is then to pick up a gun and seek revenge. these people, when we went into a meeting ere there were just thousands of people waiting for us, they were chanting "we want peace, we want peace." they don't want to live like this. this has been over eight years of drone strikes. killed way too many people. and they were so excited to see us coming as the face of americans who value their lives and who want to live in peace with them as well. >> medea, the united states has a tricky relationship with pakistan. we're trng to bett
we don't want our government killing innocent people. and that we will go back home and pressure our government to stop this. >> well, the obama administration would say these drone strikes are necessary because they've taken out dangerous people who can harm the united states. >> what the people that we have met with from the region tell us, that this is a recruitment tool for al qaeda and the taliban. that as soon as there's a drone strike that kills somebody's child or kills...
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that might be a really good role for government. the bottom line is, i'm suggesting all that to you, i put it together, some other people have, it is not coming from the government. >> since we're talking housing, i want to point out, you saw this i don't know if our viewers have, the headline from jpmorgan chase ceo jamie dimond, we believe the housing market has turned the corner. has it? >> that's a big deal for them because most of their record profit by the way they had, they reported today, came from loans, a lot more loans. look, it turned a corner because there say combination of low interest rates and low home prices that buyers are starting to think it is going to come up. i think that probably stays in place for a little while unless something goes wrong and interest rates start to soar. but, yeah, for the moment, everybody i'm talking to, companies, people, car companies, that sell trucks, telling me the same thing. construction, new building and renovation are way up because people are buying houses. that is good. >> if
that might be a really good role for government. the bottom line is, i'm suggesting all that to you, i put it together, some other people have, it is not coming from the government. >> since we're talking housing, i want to point out, you saw this i don't know if our viewers have, the headline from jpmorgan chase ceo jamie dimond, we believe the housing market has turned the corner. has it? >> that's a big deal for them because most of their record profit by the way they had, they...
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i know another company was taken over by the chavez government. and the reality is that nobody really knows what is going to happen. so that's something that can be expected in the next six years. >> here is why we care and why we're talking about it. gas, oil, right? let me look down. they're the fourth largest exporter of oil to the united states. one of the top oil producing countries in the world but more than 35% of the population lives below the poverty line. as paula mentioned, economists are worried they could go off the cliff here. she mentioned default in a couple of months. listen to what some economists are saying. >> they have already reached point where the current situation can't continue, a continuation of the current policy framework could culminate in a crisis effectively. >> right now, at least, we need the oil when you hear the precarious situation that is their economy, should we be worried? >> i find the situation very ironic. we, the united states, get about 8% to 9% of the oil from venezuela, a socialist country. venezuela,
i know another company was taken over by the chavez government. and the reality is that nobody really knows what is going to happen. so that's something that can be expected in the next six years. >> here is why we care and why we're talking about it. gas, oil, right? let me look down. they're the fourth largest exporter of oil to the united states. one of the top oil producing countries in the world but more than 35% of the population lives below the poverty line. as paula mentioned,...
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the chair of the government committee that initiated this hearing opened up by saying the state department was, quote, coming clean as it released new details just last night. those details include officials saying that attack at the consulate in benghazi was impossible to defend. and today, a regional security officer testified the assault was something the united states had never seen before at a diplomatic outpost. >> i had not seen an attack of such ferocity and intensity previously in libya. nor in my time with the diplomatic security service. i'm concerned that this attack signals a new security reality, just as the 1983 beirut marine barracks bombings did for the marines, the 1998 east africa embassy bombings did for the state department, and 9/11 did for our entire country. however, we must remember that it is critical that we balance our risk mitigation efforts with the needs of our diplomats to do their jobs. the answer cannot be to operate from a bunker. >> also, it revealed in this hearing still under way on the hill how officials in benghazi asked for more security at the cons
the chair of the government committee that initiated this hearing opened up by saying the state department was, quote, coming clean as it released new details just last night. those details include officials saying that attack at the consulate in benghazi was impossible to defend. and today, a regional security officer testified the assault was something the united states had never seen before at a diplomatic outpost. >> i had not seen an attack of such ferocity and intensity previously...